WELLINGTON'S LITTLE PLAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 45, 5 March 1901, Page 4

WELLINGTON'S LITTLE PLAN.

WbLMKGTOS and Ch-istcju ch both propow to commoniorata rd»n of oar late Q leeu Victc ria by st ituary. The difference is that while Christeharch hopw zo obtain the fur di fjr the ersetbn of its memori 1 from within tbo province, and hai cot ak d Wellington to eontributo, the Cipitsl (Sty desires that the rest of tie colony should pay for ita monument to the gnat Qaten. Thii is an excellent plan—for Wellington, bot on? which don not appeal with quit* the sivne force to the rest of the colony ; therefore the rest of the colony is accost of displaying "a provincial spirit." How, we object to bavin? an accusation of tbis harlcd at Canterbury, and we parcicnlarly object to it bein* bored by Welingtoo. I> is « reflection on oar loyalty ia this insUnce, and it is also antrue. Canterbury hss made many calls on tie poises of the people within the pa't year, nnd it te imposiible thrt the proj ct we have in hand can be laciifioai to Wellington. The Capital City has a most ucdae cense of its own importance, aod the proposal th it we should contribute to • memorial which the Wellington people are incapable cf paying for themselves is cool to fie verge of auiaeity. It ia not to tbo crtdt of Wellington to confess that exSraceDas aid is accessary to carry out its scheme, and it ia still less creditable to tauat the colony with displaying a provincial! spirit ia not rushing to its assistance. We trust that Oan'jerbaiy will give towards a Qaeen's memorial, bat that it wil be towards our own local nemorial, an appeal in connection v with which appears over the signature of the Mayor, in the local paper*. It , fa to be hoped that this propoul will not hang fire, notwithstanding th» heavy demands that have s j recently -. been made upon the people, aid that . we shall shortly cos the memorial fully wobscribtd for—in short, that we shall aet ao nample to Wellington.— Truth.